A case of right place, right time, looking in the right direction. This is Emma, a barn owl. Emma wasn’t quite satisfied with the perch that they had placed her on, so she opted for a bit of higher ground. She took flight and landed on the roof. Of course, she was tethered, but that didn’t matter. She got to spend a few seconds on the roof, certainly less than a minute, before they coaxed her down again. I just happened to be looking in that direction and was able to get off two shots before she left her throne. 🙂 Thankfully, the Nikon P510 decided that there was enough contrast to focus. Of the two shots that I took, only this one was usable.

Paul, I was lucky to be standing fairly close when this happened so I got several photos of Emma on the roof from the other side. That P510 does a good job when it will focus. 🙂Earl recently posted..PhotoWILD: Still a challenge the second time

Thanks, Ken. I was very happy that the P510 graced me with a solid focus. It can be a fickle beast out past 500 mm. In this case, this was shot at an equivalent of 800 mm. I can get with it, shots that I would have missed otherwise.

Amazing image, Paul, and in my eyes something different than a photograph of a bird – in that Minor White sense of “what else it is”. I like the colors and texture very much, and if or if not it’s an owl for me only is a secondary aspect.Markus recently posted..A Moderate Amount Of Green

I imagine this higher perch was where this owl wanted to be Earl. When photographing them myself, I always wondered what was going through their minds when being placed on these human eye level perches.Mark recently posted..Last Moments of Winter